HO to N scale conversion

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I was recently looking through some old MR mags, and I came across a structure that I would like to try and build. But it was in HO scale. I was wondering if there was some kind of conversion from HO to N scale.

For example: Say in HO scale a 4" pipe made out of brass tubing is “x.xxx” . What size would this same 4" pipe be in N scale? I hope that this makes sense and explains what I’m looking for.

thanks Norman…

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487=x160

x=4*87/160

x=2.175

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Multiply times 87/160 (0.54375) to convert HO to N.

Enjoy

Paul

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Usually the published plans offer the ratios to photo copy them to your particular scale. The two offerings above show you how they arrive at those ratios.

I suppose they still do that, although it’s been a looooong time since I’ve seen scale plans in Model Railroader[#dots]

Hmmm, maybe time for a thread on that subject…

Lee

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Many plans used to be published with prototype dimensions. Use a scale ruler to see them in your scale. Many years ago I scratchbuilt a lumberyard from plans in MR. It was quite a large array of structures, and the plans were done in N scale with real dimensions. A scale rule was used to convert the info to HO. Works the other way too, from HO to N or whatever scale.